magazine April 2007

The Multinational Beanfield War

Soy cultivation spells doom for Paraguayan campesinos

By April Howard and Benjamin Dangl    agriculture south america

Not Neutrality

Why are the Communications Workers of America opting out of the Save the Internet coalition?

By Brian Cook    media technology

An Israeli Refuseniks Good Fight

In September 2003, in the midst of Israel's campaign of targeted assassinations against Palestinian terrorists, a 31-year-old Black… more

By Robert Hirschfield    middle east war and peace

The Royal Road to Irrelevance

The 'French Hillary' is squandering the Socialists' presidential hopes

By Doug Ireland    elections europe

Biofuels: Promise or Peril?

The answer depends on how governments regulate the industry

By David Moberg    agriculture environment

Global Warming: Dim Bulbs, Bright Lights

People who want to save the Earth from the ravages of global warming face a perennial problem: How… more

By Joel Bleifuss    environment global warming

Robben Island Singers

Let's go, let's go and fight; we don't know where we're going, but fight we must," sing Grant… more

By Kari Lydersen    activism africa

A Pain, and Proud of It

Frances Kissling retires after 25 years at CFFC

Cheney and Libby: Lying about Lying

Here is the real news from the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial: Evidence released during the case indicates… more

Resisting the War on Science

Sound science counts itself as one of the many victims of the Bush administration's assault on reason, and… more

Rethinking Lineups

In the mid-'90s, inspired by a spate of DNA exonerations, academics began to study whether eyewitness identifications using… more

Uncle Sam Wants Sustainability

In January, Conscious Choice, a Chicago urban lifestyle magazine released "The Chicago Green Report Card." Examining Mayor Richard… more

Inside the Death Chamber

The following transcript was adapted from "Witness to an Execution," a radio documentary produced by Stacy Abramson and… more

By Stacy Abramson and David Isay    criminal justice prison

books

Boomsday: Bankrupt Satire

Libertarians are a strange lot. Their targets often seem reasonable; their solutions myopic and partial. So it goes… more

By Jessica Clark    books

movies

The Lessons of Sacco and Vanzetti

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Convicted of a… more

By Annie Anderson    immigration movies

music

Digital Revives the Indie Pop Star

In this new age of satellite radio and personalized playlists, only 35 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds are turning to… more

Editorial

Democracy Haters

How much opposition to the Iraq War must be expressed in America before Congress takes note and does something? This simple question… more

Back Talk

Why Does CNN Suck?

CNN was bombarded by complaints about its wall-to-wall, breast-to-breast Anna Nichole Smith coverage, but the ridicule seems not to matter.

Reading Harry Potter in Guantánamo

Ali sees parallels between George W. Bush and J.K. Rowling's arch-villian, Voldemore. Guantánamo is the real-world equivalent of Azkaban.

Gardasil, Iraqi Superbugs & Radiation

In These Times started running "Health & Science" in January 2006. Below are three updates. Gag me with a campaign Merck's force-it-down-consumers'-throats-campaign… more

The Third Coast

Slavery and the State of Denial

Guilt is the primary reason white Americans refuse to confront the race-based slavery that laid the foundation for this nation's wealth.

Droppin' a Dime

The United States of Amnesia

Historians are the ones who can separate the wheat from the chaff in the winnowing of history.